Discipling in a Multicultural World
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781433562853 |
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Publisher: | Crossway |
Publication date: | 02/28/2019 |
Pages: | 288 |
Sales rank: | 1,100,677 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword Robert E. Coleman 13
Preface 15
Bible Versions Used 21
Part 1 Introducing Spiritual Parenthood
1 Spiritual Parenthood: So Needed, but Why So Neglected? 25
Introducing a Metaphor
Multiplication
Commitment: The Key to Parenthood
The Vulnerability and Strain of Being Parents
2 Objections and Pitfalls 41
A Countercultural Activity
The Danger of Insecure Disciplers
Can We Care for Both the Many and the Few?
Some Examples from History
3 Born into a Family, Incorporated into a Body 59
Discipling and Body Life
Extending Solidarity to the Wider Body
Life in a Covenant Community
4 Belonging to Two Families 73
Honoring Family Commitments
Baptism: When? Where?
Making Peace with One's Relationship with Family Members
Involvements in the Wider Community
5 Facing Suffering, Persecution, and Loss of Honor 95
It Goes with Being Like Jesus
Strength for Suffering
Present Loss of Honor and the Coming Honor
Taking Action against Persecutors, Especially within the Family
Following Christ as Insiders within Pre-Christian Religious Communities?
6 Mission, Ambition, and Exhortation 115
Discipling within a Mission Team
Ambition
Exhortation
Part 2 How Christians Change
7 The Change Process 139
The Need for Change
Three Agents of Change
Three Kinds of Transformation
The Role of the Discipler
8 Learning the Truth 147
Personal Reading of the Word
Leading Means Feeding
Friendship-Building Teaching
Verbal Instruction
Culturally Appropriate Teaching Methods
Learning through Corporate Worship
Bible Christians: An Alien Idea
9 Praying 169
Praying for Disciplees
The Content of Paul's Prayers for His Spiritual Children
Helping Others Become People of Prayer
10 Confronting Guilt and Receiving Forgiveness 183
Guilt and Forgiveness: Illustrating a Strange Idea
Confession of Guilt, and Grace That Forgives
Disciplining for Sin
11 Understanding Biblical Honor and Shame 197
How These Values Operate
The Death of Christ and Shame
Conversion Can Result in Loss of Honor
The Biblical Community Is a Covenant Community
Biblical Motivations Using Honor and Shame
Applying the Principles to Lying and Taking Revenge
From Community Solidarity to Spiritual Accountability
12 Experiencing Liberation and Power 219
Fear/Bondage and Power/Liberation in Society
Fear and Liberation in the Gospel
Victory over Temptation
The Fear of Judgment
Ministering God's Freedom
The Importance of Experience to Belief and Growth
13 Healing for Wounds 243
Not All Christians Experience Joy
Our Aim in Looking for Healing
Being with God and Realizing What the Scriptures Say about Us
Recognizing Experiences Which Show That God Loves Us
Healing Mediated by the Community of Believers
Forgiving the Persons Who Caused the Hurt
Specific Acts That Enhance Healing
The Need for Patience
Appendix 1 What We Aim for in Discipling 259
Appendix 2 Other issues to Talk about During Meetings 261
Appendix 3 Ingredients Needed in a Follow-Up Course 263
General Index 267
Scripture Index 277
What People are Saying About This
“A gifted teacher, communicator, and evangelist, Ajith Fernando has produced a most timely resource to equip today’s generation. In recent decades the church in the West has struggled to develop mature disciples. We have retreated into our dwindling communities with the occasional foray outside in the attempt to make converts. Fernando calls us to the task of developing mature disciples, and through the deepening of our faith we are better equipped to engage in the wider world.”—Stephen Skuce, Director of Global Relationships, The Methodist Church in Britain
“Grounded in Scripture, rooted in decades of ministry, and colorfully illustrated from Sri Lanka and around the world, Ajith Fernando’s Discipling in a Multicultural World will enrich God’s people as we seek to make disciples among all nations. Much more than a classroom guide, it will motivate us to follow Fernando’s example, pouring our lives into others just as others poured their lives into his.”—David Greenlee, Director of Missiological Research and Evaluation, Operation Mobilization
“How do we make disciples of Jesus in contexts of increasing ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity? Few people are as qualified to answer this question as the global Christian statesman Ajith Fernando. Drawing upon four decades of ministry worldwide and a seasoned scholar’s understanding of Scripture, Fernando provides us with a rich and wise guide to forming disciples among those from various cultural backgrounds. Essential insights for effective ministry today!”—Harold Netland, Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Intercultural Studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
“In Discipling in a Multicultural World, Ajith Fernando moves beyond techniques and programs to the life-on-life realities of discipleship in the emerging context of multiculturalism. This book is a gem for those who are prepared to come face-to-face with the real cost of discipleship. Filled with practical examples, the book is a real-life tutorial from one of the great giants of discipleship in our day. A truly formational book!”—Timothy C. Tennent, President and Professor of World Christianity, Asbury Theological Seminary
“Ajith Fernando has been living the message of this book for more than four decades, and now he shares his insights in this comprehensive work. Integrating thorough biblical study, extensive experience, deep understanding of cultural dynamics, and vulnerable story-telling, Discipling in a Multicultural World is essential reading for any leader who—like Paul the apostle—aspires to ‘present everyone mature in Christ’ (Col. 1:28).”—Paul Borthwick, Senior Consultant, Development Associates International; coauthor, The Fellowship of the Suffering
“If I were selecting someone to write a book titled Discipling in a Multicultural World, Ajith Fernando would be my first choice. I know of no one more qualified to address this topic. Fernando has a scholar’s mind, a pastor’s heart, and a practitioner’s skill—all of which have been tested and proven in the crucible of multicultural experience. These chapters reflect not an ivory-tower author but one who knows the joys and heartaches of real life in the trenches. I heartily commend this book to all who want a deeper understanding of and motivation for ‘making disciples of all nations.’”—Timothy K. Beougher, Associate Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; author, Overcoming Walls to Witnessing
“Ajith Fernando has written a very helpful, deep, mature, and biblical book on disciple making in real life from a multicultural perspective. He draws from his many years of ministry experience in preaching and teaching, evangelism, discipling, and mentoring, especially with Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka. I highly recommend Discipling in a Multicultural World as essential reading for all Christians!”—Siang-Yang Tan, Professor of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary; Senior Pastor, First Evangelical Church, Glendale, California; author, Counseling and Psychotherapy